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Who cares? Well the grand parent post references Europe, it is presumably a response to that.

"most European legal systems" implies more than one system, they're most likely referring to the "European Union" and not the geographical continent of Europe, which the UK is not a part of anymore

Also, UK law was always very different from Continental legal systems, Brexit or no Brexit. I don't think any country on the continent has common law, relying on precedent more than on statute.

Generous interpretation.

My bad, I misread the thread, edited my comment to a no-op

The UK is famously no longer a part of the EU.

EU membership has nothing to do with being physically located in Europe.

The UK, Switzerland, and most of the former Yugoslavian states are not in the EU. Same for Iceland.

But one European countries legal system also doesn’t constitute “most European legal systems”.

That's completely wrong. The US legal system drew heavily from the British system, particularly any of the common law pieces (much of tort law, IIRC).

I deleted my previous comment, but no, it's not "completely wrong".

"drew heavily" != "the same"

I went to law school and I assume you did too; I'm not sure why you would say this lol

Among other things, the fact that the US has The Bill of Rights is turning out to be important when it comes to privacy and free speech issues.

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